Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex   

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on April - 15.   

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on April - 15.   

1472  On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68   

1502  On this day in history jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

1605  On April - 15 boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies   

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78   

1610  On April - 15 johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62   

1621  On this day in history death of john Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony   

1632  On April - 15 death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)   

1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on April - 15.   

1652  Death of Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church on April - 15.   

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on April - 15.   

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on April - 15.   

1754  On this day in history death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)   

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on April - 15.   

1761  Death of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) on April - 15.   

1764  On April - 15 jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies   

1765  On this day in history michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53   

1788  On April - 15 giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77   

1793  On this day in history death of ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718)   

1804  Death of Charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761) on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70   

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on April - 15.   

1853  Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67 on April - 15.   

1854  On April - 15 death of arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)   

1863  Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on April - 15.   

1866  On April - 15 william Jackson, composer, dies at 51   

1888  On April - 15 matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65   

1889  On April - 15 death of father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840)   

1891  On April - 15 stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49   

1898  On April - 15 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader   

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies   

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on April - 15.   

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1452  On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary   

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.   

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.   

1588  On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist   

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.   

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15.   

1646  On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)